If you tweak your setting often, it might be a good idea to add a Control Panel icon right to your desktop. In Windows 10 you can do this by first going to the Settings. Click the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner and then click “Settings”. Now click “Personalization”. To update a password or username already stored on Windows 10, use these steps: Open Control Panel on Windows 10. Click on User Accounts. Click on Credential Manager. Click the Windows Credentials tab (or Web Credentials). Select the account. Click the Edit button. Windows Credentials; Update the username and password as necessary. On Windows 7 computers, one can simply click the Start button and select Control Panel to open the control panel. Windows 8 and 8.1 users can right-click the Start button or press Windows+X and select Control Panel to bring up the control panel app. Windows 10 removed these methods of accessing the classic control panel.
On Windows 10, Credential Manager is the feature that stores your sign-in information for websites (using Microsoft Edge), apps, and networks (such as, mapped drivers or shared folders) when you check the option to save your credentials for future logins.
Credential Manager isn’t new, it’s been around for a long time, and it not only allows you to save your login usernames and passwords, but it also allows you to view, delete, add, backup and restore logon credentials.
In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to use the Credential Manager on Windows 10 to manage all your logon information.
Edit existing sign-in information using Credential Manager
To update a password or username already stored on Windows 10, use these steps:
Open Control Panel on Windows 10.
Click on User Accounts.
Click on Credential Manager.
Click the Windows Credentials tab (or Web Credentials).
Select the account.
Click the Edit button.
Update the username and password as necessary.
Click the Save button.
Once you complete the steps, the information will be updated with the new credentials, which means no more login prompts if you originally saved the wrong username or password or the sign-in information has changed.
Delete sign-in information using Credential Manager
Delete an account credential already stored on Windows 10, use these steps:
Open Control Panel.
Click on User Accounts.
Click on Credential Manager.
Click the Windows Credentials tab (or Web Credentials).
Select the account.
Click the Remove button.
Click the Yes button.
After you complete the steps, the account credentials will no longer be available on the device, meaning that future logins will require you to enter a username and password.
Add new sign-in information using Credential Manager
To add an app or network credential on Windows 10, use these steps:
Open Control Panel.
Click on User Accounts.
Click on Credential Manager.
Click the Windows Credentials tab.
Click the Add a Windows credential (or Add a certificate-based credential) option.
Specify the internet or network address that corresponds to the app or network resource.
Specify the username and password to authenticate.
Click the OK button.
Once you complete the steps, the new account information will be added to your device to sign-in automatically the next time you access the apps or network shared.
Backup sign-in information using Credential Manager
To export and backup all your credentials for apps and networks, use these steps:
Open Control Panel.
Click on User Accounts.
Click on Credential Manager.
Click the Windows Credentials tab.
Click the Back up Credentials option.
Click the Browse button to specify a destination for the backup.
Specify a name for the .crd backup file.
Click the Save button.
Click the Next button.
Use the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keyboard shortcut to continue.
Specify a password to protect the Credential Manager file on Windows 10.
Click the Next button.
Click the Finish button.
After you complete the steps, you’ll end up with a .crd file containing all your Windows 10 and web credentials that you can import to another computer or to the same device after a clean installation.
Restore sign-in information using Credential Manager
To restore your sign-in information from backup on Windows 10, use these steps:
Open Control Panel.
Click on User Accounts.
Click on Credential Manager.
Click the Windows Credentials tab.
Click the Restore Credentials option.
Click the Browse button.
Select the .crd files with the backup information.
Click the Open button.
Click the Next button.
Use the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keyboard shortcut to continue.
Type the password to unlock the Credential Manager backup.
Click the Next button.
Click the Finish button.
Once you complete the step, all your web, app, and network credentials will be restored on your device.
While this guide focuses on Windows 10, Credential Manager has been available for a long time, which means that the steps will also work on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.
With this updated control panel blank screen article we’ll take another look at the things you can do to troubleshoot issues with your Windows control panel. A crippled control panel will hinder your work on your computer and what’s more, it could give you the unpleasant feeling that something more profound may be wrong with your system. The good news is that you don’t need to worry about catastrophic system crashes yet, nor is there any reason to assume that your computer will be listed in the obituaries tomorrow morning. You are not the first person with a blank control panel and you will most certainly not be the last.
This is totally fixable.
Before I proceed to the steps where I explain what you can do to fix your control panel blank screen, please allow me to refer to an earlier article about empty control panel issues that I published a while ago. Please feel free to check my other empty control panel article as well for a more complete picture, it contains a link that will bring you back here so you can continue reading.
Control Panel Blank Screen
Very sure indeed, you’re not the first person to experience a blank control panel. In Windows 7, Windows 8 or even Windows 10, you click to open control panel and the next thing you know you’re looking at a screen that’s as empty as a hermit's address book.
This problem seems to occur every now and then and it affects many Windows users in many different settings. Fortunately this can be fixed, so let’s see what steps you can take to solve the problem.
There are several different reasons why this problem can appear so please make sure to also give the suggestions in my other control panel empty article. None of the steps I describe are harmful for your computer so you can safely try the different suggestions without the risk of messing anything up.
One of the issues that seems to cause quite a number of control panel blank screens is a problem with registered dll files in Windows. You can solve this by re-registering the affected dll files. In order to do so, you’ll have to open an elevated command prompt. Please refer to my article about opening an elevated command prompt if you’re not sure how to do this.
If you have your elevated command prompt open, you can start typing commands. There’s no need to feel intimidated if you’re not used to working with a command prompt, I’ll show you exactly what to type. Type the following line of text exactly as shown here in your command box and then press ENTER. Alternatively you can even copy and paste the following line of text in your command box.
for %a in (c:WindowsSystem32*.dll) do regsvr32.exe /s %a
Please be aware that you can’t right-click and paste nor use CTRL-v to paste commands in a command box, so you’re going to have to use a slightly different technique if you want to paste the command.
To do so, click the little icon in the top left corner of your elevated command prompt and select edit-paste from the menu.
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That will paste the command at your command prompt, like illustrated here.
Now simply press ENTER and you’ll see a list of commands whirling by in your command window.
As a result, your Windows dll files will be re-registered, which can potentially fix a lot of common control panel blank screen issues.
Now you can simply close the command window by clicking the red “x” in the top right corner or alternatively you can type “exit” (without the quotes) and press ENTER to quit the command box.
Please note: as is often the case with many computer tips and tricks, it may be necessary to reboot your computer before you will actually get to see the desired results. In order to be able to check and see whether your control panel icons are back again, give your computer a restart and check if your control panel has been restored.
Please be advised that your particular control panel blank screen may have been caused by another issue than unregistered dll files, so if this hasn’t solved your problem, feel free to check out my other blank control panel article as well.
Another tip I'd like to suggest is to try and logon with another user account. Sometimes Windows user accounts can get corrupted, resulting in strange behavior such as control panel blank screen issues and other related problems. Try logging in with another account or create a new account and check your Windows control panel with the new account.
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